City workers claim CHP retaliation
City workers Bradley Cocking and John “J.D.” Davis Jr. say a CHP officer wrote a ticket in retaliation following an argument. Photo Two city workers claim that a California Highway Patrol officer wrote a seatbelt ticket for one of them the day after a quarrel over a red no-parking line the workers painted on the street outside the officer’s Hermosa home. The workers claim that during the dispute the officer told them, “I’ll see you on the road.” CHP Officer Joe Dominguez has denied the allegation, according to letters sent to the city workers by Capt. Chris O’Quinn, the CHP’s area commander. An initial CHP investigation found Dominguez did nothing improper in writing the ticket. But the matter is being reviewed a second time following a request by Hermosa police, O’Quinn said. Dominguez declined comment, citing the direction of a superior. On June 17, Bradley Cocking, a city maintenance worker for four years, and John “J.D.” Davis Jr., a maintenance worker for 29 years, began filling a superior’s work order to paint the red line on the street where Dominguez lives. The red lines can be seen on many narrow Hermosa streets to indicate how close to the curb a motorist must park, to…
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